Lemniscia galeata

Lemniscia galeata
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Lemniscia
Species:	L. galeata
Binomial name
Lemniscia galeata (Lowe, 1862)
Synonyms
Caseolus calvus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862) Caseolus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862) Helix calva galeata R. T. Lowe, 1862

Lemniscia galeata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal.

External links

• Cameron, Robert A. D., Teixeira, Dinarte, Pokryszko, Beata, Silva, Isamberto and Groh, Klaus. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology 44(1): 53-70